Showing posts with label GPS. Show all posts
Showing posts with label GPS. Show all posts

Friday, December 13, 2013

Introducing The Israel App: A Smarter Israel Experience



Published on Oct 17, 2013
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www.theisraelapp.com

Israel just got better with Israel App, the GPS travel guide for people who want to get the most out of what Israel has to offer. It's like having a world-class tour guide, local insider, trip concierge & interactive guidebook in your pocket!

- GPS guided tours (NO INTERNET NECESSARY!)
- 1000+ stunning images & historic photos
- Coverage of 100s of popular sites
- Clear audio explanations from top guides
- 100s of well-written, hyperlinked articles
- Dozens of lesser-known places to discover
- Easy-to-use search and GPS-navigation tools
- Trip services (e.g. hotel & car rental)
- Easy access to what you'll need on your trip

NO INTERNET/DATA CONNECTION REQUIRED!

Download Israel App for a fantastic resource on your iPad or iPhone before, during, and after your trip! You can plan your trip before you go—Israel App is the ultimate reference and trip planner. While you're in Israel, the app always knows what's around you, enriching your experience like nothing else on the market. When you come back it's the perfect multimedia memento for reliving your visit.

Download Israel App today!

KEY FEATURES

* GPS GUIDED TOURS

Your device's GPS works without any data/internet connection! Israel App provides numerous well-designed GPS guided tours narrated by top local guides that conveniently guide you just as a real life tour guide would.

* POPULAR JERUSALEM SITES & HIDDEN GEMS

From casual tourists to serious travelers, Israel App has everything you want. With Israel App you'll always have an answer for "Hey, what's that?" and "What's there to see/do around here?"

* INTRODUCING ISRAPEDIA™

Israel App hired top scholars to produce a comprehensive Israpedia™ that provides rich context and historical background at every site. Israpedia is replete with hyperlinked text and historic photographs for people who want to really understand Israel's history & culture.

* STUNNING IMAGES & CRISP AUDIO

Israel App's photographers produced 1000s of stunning images that are optimized for Retina screens, bringing an enhanced visual experience onto your mobile device! The app also includes hundreds of historical photographs enablish you to appreciate what once was. In addition to the pictures' 1000 words, every site is crisply narrated by the best available local guides so you can enjoy every word.

* EASY-TO-USE SEARCH & NAVIGATION

With easy-to-use search and navigation functions, Israel App can help you find exactly what you are looking for and show you how to easily get there.

* LOCAL INSIDER & TRAVEL CONCIERGE

Whether you're organizing your trip in advance or touring on-the-fly, Israel App is the most resourceful tool for all your travel needs, including car rentals, Jerusalem transit, hotel bookings, currency conversion, local weather, news, and local insider information.

* ENRICHED TRAVEL EXPERIENCE

Even if you already have a guidebook or human tour guide, we guarantee that the Israel App will be an invaluable addition to your travel experience.

Israel App: A Smarter Israel Experience

Thursday, May 30, 2013

Israeli start-up to turn down $1 billion acquisition by Facebook

Report: Israeli start-up to turn down $1 billion acquisition by Facebook

Thursday, May 30, 2013 |  Israel Today Staff  
Israeli start-up Waze, which provides a real-time navigation and traffic report app for smartphones, is reportedly set to turn down a $1 billion dollar acquisition bid by Facebook in order to keep its team in Israel.
With the improved GPS capabilities of newer smartphones like the iPhone and various Android handsets, Waze has seen a huge increase in usage in recent years, and today has an estimated user base of 48 million worldwide.
Waze competes directly with the "Maps" applications provided by Google and Apple, at least when it comes to traffic and road navigation. Most users say that in these situations, Waze manages to far outdo both of the technology giants.
That's what makes Waze a natural acquisition for Facebook, which competes with both Google and Apple on many fronts, but has yet to jump into the GPS-based navigation game.
But, according to American technology website "AllThingsD," talks between the two companies are breaking down. Despite a massive potential payday for the Israeli start-up, the Waze team has reportedly made keeping the bulk of their operations in Israel a red line, while Facebook is presumably insisting that Waze move to its headquarters in California.
Accurate or not, this news is being met with a fair amount of national pride in Israel, where innovative start-ups spring up all the time, but almost always accept a foreign buy-out when it is offered.